ASOR-AFFILIATED ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS
Currently, 138 projects are affiliated with ASOR. This includes 109 field projects and 29 publication projects.
ASOR supports research in archaeology and related fields in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia. ASOR-affiliated projects adhere to ASOR policies, most notably the Non-Discrimination Policy, Policy on Professional Conduct, and Code of Conduct for the ASOR Annual Meeting and Other ASOR Sponsored Events. These policies affirm ASOR’s commitment to high standards for research integrity, academic mentoring and ethical professional behavior. Project Principal Investigators may apply for ASOR affiliation for their projects through the Committee for Archaeological Research and Policy (CAP). Currently, more than 100 research projects in Armenia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Oman, Palestine, Spain, Sudan, and Turkey have become ASOR-affiliated. Principal investigators for these affiliated projects include in-country researchers as well as scholars from Europe and North America.
ASOR-affiliated projects receive advice, encouragement, and constructive criticism from peer professionals through CAP. Principal Investigators of ASOR-affiliated projects are eligible to apply for ASOR Project Grants (Dana, Harris, Seger and Gold grants), and Shepard Urgent Action Grants. Dana, Harris, Seger and Gold grants support worthy field projects, particularly to help newer and smaller projects get started, as well as other ASOR-affiliated projects to support research and analysis leading to project publications. Shepard grants support urgently needed documentation, conservation or stabilization of important archaeological sites or features. Students working on ASOR-affiliated projects are eligible to applyÌýfor Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation.
ÌýProjects listed in italics have information available on 2024 field seasons.
Armenia (1 field project)
CroatiaÌý(1 field project)
Cyprus (8 field projects, 3 publications)
Denmark (1 field project)
Egypt (7 field projects)
Ethiopia (1 field project)
Georgia (1 field project)
Iran (2 field projects)
Iraq (15 field projects)
Israel (27 field projects, 11 publications)
Italy (1 field project)
Jordan (22 field projects, 11 publications)
Lebanon (1 field project)
Libya (1 field project)
Montenegro (1 field project)
Morocco (1 field project)
North Macedonia (1 field project)
Oman (1 field project)
Spain (1 field project)
Sudan (2 field projects)
Tunisia (1 publication)
Turkey (12 field projects, 3 publications)
West Bank (1 publication)
| Location | P.I. / Director(s) |
| ARMENIA (1 Field Project) | |
| – field | (University of Central Florida), Arthur Petrosyan (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia), and Boris Gasparyan (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia) |
| CROATIA (1 Field Project) | |
| – field | Sarah James (University of Colorado – Boulder) and Verdan Barbarić (University of Split) |
| CYPRUS (8ÌýField Projects, 3 Publications) | |
| – field | Steven Falconer and Patricia Fall (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) |
| – field | Nicholas P. Herrmann (Texas State University), Efthymia Nikita (The Cyprus Institute), Despina Pilides, Polina Christofi, and Yiannis Violaris (Department of Antiquities, Cyprus) |
| – publication () | Michael Given (University of Glasgow) |
| – field | Mara T. Horowitz (SUNY Purchase) |
| – field | Kevin D. Fisher (University of British Columbia) and Sturt W. Manning (Cornell University) |
| – field | Lindy Crewe (CAARI) |
| – field | Kathryn Grossman (North Carolina State University) |
| – field | Andrew McCarthy (University of Edinburgh) |
| – publication/field | R. Scott Moore (Indiana University of Pennsylvania), William Caraher (University of North Dakota), and David Pettegrew (Messiah College) Vigla: Tom Landvatter (Reed College), Brandon Olson (Metropolitan State University, Denver), and R. Scott Moore (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) |
| Up from the sea: Mariner Networks in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean – publication | Linda Hulin (Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Palestine Exploration Fund) |
| DENMARK (1 Field Project) | |
| – field | Finn Ole Nielsen, M. Nicolas Caretta, Michael Thorsen, Ditte Kofod, and Roxana Youkhana (Institute for Field Research/Bornholm Museum) |
| EGYPT (7ÌýField Projects) | |
| Bioarchaeology of Deir el-Medina Research Project – field | Anne Austin (University of Missouri—St. Louis) |
| Early Memphis ProjectÌý– field | Sergio Alarcón Robledo (Harvard University) |
| Ìý– field | Patrizia Piacentini (Università degli Studi di Milano) and Abd el-Moneim Said (Ministry of Antiquities – Egypt) |
| – field | Anke Weber (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) |
| Safeguarding and Documenting the Akhmim Tomb C4 – field | Wahid Omran (Fayoum University) |
| – field, 2023-2024 field season | Jay Silverstein (Nottingham Trent University) and Robert Littman (University of Hawaii) |
| Ìý– field | Kate Liszka (California State University, San Bernardino), Meredith Brand (American University in Cairo), and Bryan Kraemer (Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art) |
| ETHIOPIA (1ÌýField Project) | |
| – field | Michael Harrower (Johns Hopkins University) and Cinzia Perlingieri (Center for Digital Archaeology) |
| GEORGIA (1ÌýField Project) | |
| – field | Stephen Batiuk (University of Toronto) |
| IRAN (2 Field Project) | |
| Seeking Sultan Abad-e Chamchamal: Archaeological Excavation in the Site of Tepe Hala Bag – field | Mohammad Eghbal Chehri (Islamic Azad University-Tehran) |
| Tepe Ghabristan Belverdi – field | Mohammad Eghbal Chehri (Islamic Azad University-Tehran) |
| IRAQ (15 Field Projects) | |
| Ìý– field | Marco Iamoni, Riccardo Valente (University of Udine) and Maddalena Scattini (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) |
| – field | Andrea Polcaro (University of Perugia) and Davide Nadali (Sapienza University) |
| – field | Jason Ur (Harvard University) |
| – field | Rocco Palermo (University of Pisa) |
| Kani Shaie Archaeological Project (KSAP) – field | Steve Renette (University of Cambridge) |
| – field | Tiffany Earley-Spadoni (University of Central Florida) and Glenn Schwartz (Johns Hopkins University) |
| – field | Holly Pittman (University of Pennsylvania) |
| – field | Luca Colliva (Sapienza University) |
| – field | Luca Colliva (Sapienza University) |
| Paths to Urban Growth in the Nineveh Plain (PUG) – field | Dr. Khaled Abu Jayyab (University of Toronto) |
| – field | Paola Sconzo (University of Palermo) |
| – field | Petra Creamer (Emory University) |
| Sealands Archaeology and Environment Program – field | Jennifer Pournelle (University of South Carolina) |
| Sealands II: Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironment Laboratory Analyses – field | Jennifer Pournelle (University of South Carolina) |
| – field | Timothy Matney (University of Akron) |
| ISRAEL (27ÌýField Projects, 11ÌýPublications) | |
| – field | Eric H. Cline (George Washington University) and Assaf Yasur-Landau (University of Haifa) |
| Рfield | Felix H̦flmayer and Katharina Streit (Austrian Academy of Sciences) |
| – field | Alexandra Ratzlaff (Brandeis University) and Tali Erickson-Gini |
| – field | Robert Mullins (Azusa Pacific University), Naama Yahalom-Mack, and Nava Panitz-Cohen (Hebrew University) |
| – field | Assaf Yasur-Landau (University of Haifa) and Thomas E. Levy (University of California, San Diego) |
| – field | A. Asa Eger (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Beverly Goodman (University of Haifa), and Andrea de Giorgi (Florida State University) |
| – publication | Thomas E. Levy (University of California, San Diego) |
| Early Desert Cities: An Investigation into 3rd Millennium BCE Urbanism at Tel Arad at the Macro- and Microscales – field | Zachary Dunseth (Brown University), Ruth Shahack-Gross (University of Haifa), and Israel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv University) |
| – field | Paula Waiman-Barak (University of Haifa) and Sveta Matskevich (Hebrew University) |
| – field | Yorke Rowan (University of Chicago) |
| – field | Igor Kreimerman (Hebrew University) |
| – field | Shlomit Bechar (University of Haifa) |
| Hazor Lower City Excavations – field | Yossi Garfinkel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Michael Hasel (Southern Adventist University), Assaf Yasur-Landau (University of Haifa), and Eric H. Cline (George Washington University) |
| – field | Michael Eisenberg and Arleta Kowalewska (University of Haifa) |
| – field | Orit Peleg-Barkat (Hebrew University), Gregg E. Gardner (University of British Columbia) |
| – publication | Jennie Ebeling (University of Evansville) and Norma Franklin (University of Haifa) |
| – field | Mark Letteney (University of Southern California), Matthew J. Adams (Albright Institute), Yotam Tepper (University of Haifa), and Susan Cohen (Montana State University |
| – publication | Jeff Blakely (University of Wisconsin) |
| Tell el-Hesi Archaeological Excavation Project – field | Kara Larson (University of Michigan), Geoffrey Ludvik (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and James W. Hardin (Mississippi State University) |
| – field | Bethany J. Walker (University of Bonn) and Oren Gutfeld (Hebrew University) |
| Lahav Research Project, Phases I-III – publication | Joe D. Seger (Mississippi State University) |
| – publication | Jennifer Gates-Foster (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Michael Nelson (Queens College), Benjamin Rubin (Independent Scholar), Daniel Schowalter (Carthage College), and Jason Schlude (St. John’s University) |
| – field | James Riley Strange (Samford University) |
| Tel Beit Mirsim Project – field | Michael Freikman and Igor Kreimerman (Hebrew University) |
| Tel Beth-Shemesh Excavations – field | Shawn Bubel (University of Lethbridge), Shlomo Bunimovitz, and Zvi Lederman (Tel Aviv University) |
| – field | Steven Ortiz (Lipscomb University) and Itzhaq Shai (Ariel University) |
| – field | David Ilan (Hebrew Union College) |
| Tel Gezer Publication Project – publication | Steven Ortiz (Lipscomb University) and Sam Wolff (Albright Institute) |
| – publication | Seymour Gitin (Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Hebrew University) |
| – field | Yael Rottem (Penn Museum) and Mark Iserlis (German Archaeological Institute, Berlin) |
| Tell el-Wawiyat Excavation Project – publication | Beth Alpert Nakhai (University of Arizona) and J.P. Dessel (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) |
| – publication | Michael Hasel (Southern Adventist University) |
| – field | Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| – field | Azekah Excavations |
| – field | Kathryn Gleason (Cornell University) |
| The Role and Significance of Egyptian Impact on Socio-political Development of the Southern Levant in the Period of Early Bronze I – field | Eliot Braun (Independent Researcher) |
| The Zeitah Excavations – publication | ÌýRon E. Tappy (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) |
| The Gezer Gateway Project – publication | ÌýJohn S. Holladay Jr. (University of Toronto) and Stanley Klassen (University of Toronto) |
| ITALYÌý(1 Field Project) | |
| – field | Dr. Paola Sconzo (University of Palermo) |
| JORDAN (22ÌýField Projects, 11 Publications) | |
| – field | Erin Darby and Robert Darby (University of Tennessee-Knoxville) |
| Abu en-Ni`aj: Early Bronze IV Village Life – publication | Patricia Fall (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) |
| The Ad-Deir Monument and Plateau Project – field/restoration | Cynthia Finlayson (Brigham Young University) |
| – field | Suzanne Richard (Gannon University), Jesse C. Long (Lubbock Christian University), and Marta D’Andrea (Sapienza The University of Rome) |
| Ba’aja Survey and Excavations – field | David Graf (University of Miami) |
| – field | Kent Bramlett (La Sierra University), Monique Roddy (Walla Walla University), and Friedbert Ninow (La Sierra University) |
| Bir Madhkur Project – field | Andrew M. Smith II (George Washington University) |
| – field | Danielle Fatkin (Knox College) |
| – field | Yorke Rowan (University of Chicago) |
| – publication | Meredith S. Chesson (University of Notre Dame) and Morag M. Kersel (DePaul University) |
| Exploring Continuity and Transition in Southern Jordan – field | Dr. Jennifer Ramsay (SUNY Brockport), Dr. Bjorn Anderson (University of Iowa) and Dr. Craig Harvey (University of Alberta) |
| Hellenistic Petra Project IV – field | David Graf (University of Miami) |
| – field | Oystein LaBianca (Andrews University), Bethany Walker (University of Bonn), and Maria ElenaÌýRonza (Andrews University and Sela for Vocational Training and Protection of Cultural Heritage) |
| – publication | M. Barbara Reeves (Queen’s University) |
| – publication | Gerald Mattingly (Johnson University) and James H. Pace (Elon University) |
| The Khirbet al-Khalde Archaeological Project – field | Dr. Craig A. Harvey (Western University) and Prof. Dr. Rubina Raja (Aarhus University) |
| – field | Debra Foran (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Khirbet Ghozlan Excavation Project – field | James Fraser (University of Sydney) |
| – field | Chad Hill (University of Pennsylvania) and Yorke Rowan (University of Chicago) |
| – field | Paul Gregor (Andrews University) |
| – field | Morag Kersel (DePaul University) |
| Lowlands to Highlands Edom Project – publication | Neil Smith (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) |
| – publication | Larry Herr (Burman University) |
| – field | Douglas R. Clark (La Sierra University), Marta D’Andrea (Sapienza The University of Rome), Andrea Polcaro (University of Perugia), and Suzanne Richard (Gannon University) |
| Mudawwara Ottoman Fort – field | Andrew Petersen (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) |
| Ìý– field | Leigh-Ann Bedal (Penn State University, Behrend) |
| Petra North Ridge Project – publication | Megan A. Perry (East Carolina University) |
| Pottery and Communal Identity: Archaeometric Study of Islamic Ceramics from Northern Jordan – field | Hussein Al-Sababha (Bonn University) |
| – publication | Debra Foran (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Timothy P. Harrison (University of Toronto) |
| The Final Publication of the Paul W. Lapp Excavations at Araq el-Emir – publication | Nancy Lapp (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) |
| – field | Darrell Rohl (Calvin University), Elizabeth Osinga, and Jenna Morton |
| – publication | Thomas E. Levy and Mohammad Najjar (University of California, San Diego) |
| Zahrat adh-Dhra’ 1: Middle Bronze Age Settlement on the Dead Sea Plain – publication | Steve Falconer (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) |
| LEBANON (1 Field Project) | |
| Tell Douris Excavation Project – field | Hanan Charaf (Lebanese University) |
| LIBYA (1 Field Project) | |
| Local and International Protection of Cyrene’s Archaeological Heritage from Threats – field | Rizq Khalid (Mohammed bin Ali Al Sunoussi Islamic University) |
| MONTENEGRO (1 Field Project) | |
| Ulqin Archaeological Project 2023: Landscape Survey and Geography in Southern Montenegro – field | Daniel Plekhov (Portland State University), Elic Weitzel (University of Connecticut), and Erina Baci (University of Michigan) |
| MOROCCO (1 Field Project) | |
| – field | Hamza Benattia |
| NORTH MACEDONIA (1 Field Project) | |
| – field | Darko Stojanovski (Balkan Heritage Foundation), Sarah Lacy (California State University Dominguez Hills), and Tracje Nacev (University of Goce Delchev) |
| OMAN (1ÌýField Project) | |
| Ìý – field | ÌýMichael Harrower (Johns Hopkins University) |
| SPAIN (1 Field Project) | |
| Torre d’en Galmés, Menorca Archaeological Project – field | ÌýAlexander Smith (SUNY Brockport), Amalia Pérez-Juez (Boston University), and Paul Goldberg (Universität Tübingen) |
| SUDAN (2 Field Projects) | |
| Ìý – field | ÌýGeoff Emberling (University of Michigan) and Rachael J. Dann (University of Copenhagen) |
| – field | Pearce Paul Creasman (University of Arizona), Meghan E. Strong (Cleveland Museum of Natural History), and Abagail Breidenstein (University of Zurich) |
| TUNISIA (1 Publication ) | |
| Carthage, The Precinct of Tanit (tophet) and Ba’al: The ASOR Punic Project: The Stager Excavations (1975-1979) – publication | J.A. Greene (Harvard University), B.K. Garnand (Harvard University, NINO-Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten), L. E. Stager (Harvard University) |
| TURKEY (12ÌýField Projects, 3 Publications) | |
| A Clash of Kings – South-central Anatolian Political Geography Between Phrygia and Assyria – field | Michele Massa (Bilkent University) |
| A Zooarchaeological Approach to Bronze Age Urban Food Provisioning in Central Anatolia – publication | Levent Atici (University of Nevada) |
| – fieldÌý | Michael Hoff (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) |
| – field | Virginia Herrmann (Tubingen University) and J. David Schloen (University of Chicago) |
| – field | Sharon Steadman, Jennifer Ross, and Burcu Yldr (SUNY Cortland) |
| Ethnobotany as Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Kazdağı National Park’s Plant Species’ Ethnobotanical Uses from Past to Present – publication | Melis Taner (ÖzyeÄŸin University) and Beyza Åžat (ÖzyeÄŸin University) |
| – field | Scott Branting (University of Central Florida) and Joseph W. Lehner (University of Sydney) |
| – field | Lorenzo d’Alfonso (New York University) |
| Рfield | Alessandra Ricci (Ko̤ University) |
| – field | Dr. Asil Yaman (Penn Museum); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koray Konuk (CNRS – Bordeaux Montaigne University, Ausonius Institute); Dr. Anna Sitz (Universität Heidelberg) |
| (PLAS) – field | Müge Durusu-Tanriover (Temple University) |
| – field | Timothy P. Harrison (University of Toronto) and Elif Denel (American Research Institute in Turkey, Ankara) |
| – field | Murat Akar (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University) |
| Tell al-Judaidah 2000 BCE and Later Publication Project – publication | Lynn Dodd (University of Southern California) |
| – field | Ömür HarmanÅŸah (University of Illinois at Chicago) |
| WEST BANK (1 Publication ) | |
| The Publication of Paul W. Lapp’s Excavations at Taanach- publication | Nancy Lapp (ASOR/Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and Hamed Salem, Birzeit University) |